After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be.


I am just enjoying my system. I am in awe of what an audio system can be. I have been listening to Bill Evans in the 60’s and 70’s on my system (see my userId). Having relentlessly pursued the high end for fifty years, alway stretching to achieve the next level. It is so rewarding to have a system that completely surprises and delights me each time I listen to it. What a treat…personally, really well worth the thousands of hours and dollars to achieve it. At 70, glad I did it.

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75 here, with 60 years of the chase behind me. Still have the first Heathkit I built, the first decent turntable and speakers that I bought. It’s all been wonderful, and still going. We have about a dozen pairs of speakers inside and outside of the house (no neighbors) and a portable system (small amp and Ascend Acoustics Sierra 2 EX speakers) for travel and hospital use. That’s about the only concession to age. No dedicated listening room or home theater. Every room is for listening, and all systems can be connected via Bluesound.  Music is going close to 50% of the time, throughout the house, inside and out.

“I wonder if we are the last of a generation that grew up with hi-fi and made it an important part of our lives-- “

 

Yup, you’re right.  But part of the reason is that they haven’t had the opportunity to hear what’s possible, what big ol’ boxes can sound like.  When friends of our kids came over, a number of them showed a lot of interest.  On top of that, they didn’t have the American songbook and the crooners to grow up with.   We definitely lived through the golden years of the birth of high fidelity.  We’re in Lampasas and it’s noticeably absent from the Austin scene, even with SXSW!